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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
Those Little Excursions.

Say to your wife in spring, says Waldo
Brown, "Now, my dear, as soon as corn
planting is over we will take days va
cation; get the children re, dy and pre-
pare plain, substantial luncheon, and
we will start early and drive ten or fif-
teen miles to some hill, valley, river, or
lake that you have never seen, and we
Will spend the day as pleasantly as we
can; we viii eat supper as well as din
ner from our basket, and not get home
till bedtime" When the hay and grain
are secured, take another day and visit
some other point. The chickens are
old enough to fry now, and the harvest
apples are ripe and they never tasted so
good rs they will when eaten on the
grass under the shade of a tree. Again,
in October, loveliest of months, when a
peace and quiet rest upon the land which
is like that of a soul in Beulah, then
fill baskets with fruits and other boun-
ties the farm produces, and go nutting
with the family. Even three days va
cation during the season Will be of great
value and not cost cent. You and the
boys will work all the better for the
change, and to the tired wife and mother,
who does not go to mill and the black
smith shop and post Office so often as
you do, it will mean much more than
to you. Do not wear your best Sunday
suits on these vacation picnics, but a
clean, common suit, so that you can
climb and romp and wrestle and roll in
the grass without fear of spelling your
clothes. Take a comfort or two, and
pillows, and the hammock, SO that those
who wish to rest can do so. I think
after you get home, if you take vote
of the family, they will be unanimously
in favor of vacation of one day in
each month from May to October.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
Summer Travelling Dresses.

Travelling dresses for summer jour
neys by rail or steamer. for coaching
and for long drives, Harper's Bazar tells
us, are made of the lustrous mohairs
either plain or striped with white, il
fawn or dust color, steel or silver gray,
and in dark navy blue. For general
use and for hard travel the mOhair forms
the entire dress, with rows of stitching
for tie trimming, or else the London
fashion is followed of braiding the
dress with picot braid in vine or flower
patterns. For brides travelling dresses
the glace mohai is made up with water.
ed silk, or with ribbons used in marrow
rows ON the kilt skirt, or in a single
wider row as border, and as a facing
for jabot drapery at the back Of
the skirt and for the pointed
apron. For long journeys and ocean
voyages the more woolly fabrics are
chosen, such as the checked homespuns
and the smoother twilled checked sergas
In several dark colors, or else in single
color with white. This check may be
used for the whole dress, or it may be
onlp seen in the skirt and drapery, with
a plain basque of twilled cloth, either
blue OF brown, according to the prevail
ing color in the skirt. The basque is
m ade in severely simple designs, with
the collar and cuffs merely stitched, OIL
else bordered with cord passementerie,
which may also trim the corsage in vesi
shape. A round hat of dark straw IL
turban on other close shape or small
bonnet may accompany such a dress,
but young women of English tastes
wear a cap with a visor, or soft stitched
hat made of the checked material of the
dress, or else Of the ulster worn over
the gown.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
Gould on Board His Yacht.

If Mr.. Gould had only his own tastes
to provide for, according to his son, the
Atlanta would never have any wines or
liquors on board, except what might be
included in the medicine chest; neither
would there be n cigar, says New
York correspondent. Consideration for
his guests and the members of his
family who indulge in these Injuries
leads to the stocking of the refrigerator
with choice liquors and wines of the fin
est vintage; but Mr.. Gould himself does
not touch them. 1t is not because he is
n Temperance man on principle, but be-
cause he does not like them. He tried
to learn to smoke once, on the advice OF
n physician, but gave it up after three
cigarettes.
He is fond of music, and the evenings
aboard the yacht are devoted largely to
musical entertainment in the dining
saloon. This is large enough to accom-
MEDIATE thirty-twO persons comfortably
at the tables, and is readily transformed
into parlor by folding the tables to-
gether. In one end of the saloon is a
piano. built expressly for his yacht. Mr..
Gould himself does not perform IN any
branch of music, but he is a good lis
tcner. This applies also to his CONVEX
sation. Although he is fluent and IN
teresting talker, he is surpassed by none
in the sympathetic attention which he
gives 10 otker peoples utterances. He
never ceases to take pleasure in the sub
iect Of his boat.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
An Incident of Sheridan's Raid.

"The bravest Yankee soldier | ever
saw" says Henry W. Flournoy, Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth, 'partici-
pated in one of the fights in the valley of
Virginia. 1t was during Sheridan's raid
in the valley. Our company of cavalry
was going across broad and level field
at sweeping gallop. In the woods
saw a solitary Yankee soldier sitting
upon horse, and l noticed that every
now and then Gust as fast rs he could
load) he would fire down our line. pop,
pop, pop would go his rifle, and | de.
termined to capture him. l entered the
woods without his seeing me, and came
up in the rear of him. had fine seven
shooter in my hand and intended to use
it In case of an emergency. 1 rode up
toward him as quietly as I could, and
had my pistol cooked ready for use if he
attempted fight. Suddenly he turned
and saw me, and in an instant raised his
rifle. Ilevelled my pistol, but he was
quicker than /, and the ball from his
rifle passed through my neck. A few
moments later there was general
skirmish, but l was badly wounded and
did not know what became of the fellow
who shot me and who stood solitary and
alone in the very face of a whole COM
pany of Confederate cavalry and resisted
them. "-Ricltne0'ed (Fa.) Site.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
Nearly Married the Wrong Woman.

The Philadelphia North american
says: Squire Bancroft, of Gloucester
City, narrowly escaped making fatal
blunder in the performance of mar
rage ceremony Saturday night. An
aged couple called at the Squire's office
and expressed their desire to be made
one. The brides sister had come along
to act as bridesmaid. The judge retired
from his court room to his barber shop,
where he carefully made his toilet and
reappeared before the blushing trio
much handsomer man. During his alb
sence he had forgotten which was the
bride and which was the bridesmaid.
He did not like to show his ignorance,
SO he smiled upon the couple and began
the ceremony. He was getting along
finely, and had reached the question,
"Will you take this man to be your
welded husband?" when he found he
had been marrying the wrong sister.
The bride, who had been standing back,
stepped up at this question, and push
ing the bridesmaid to one side, replied
that she would. The Squire was some
what disconnected for moment, but he
soon recovered, and beginning the cere-
mony anew, he married the right couple.
"By cracky," said the Squire after the
party left, "but that bridesmaid had
narrow escape. If she'd said the word,
she'd ha' been that fellows Wife
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
An Office Boys Lucky Mistake.

The st. Paul Press gives this story,
which one may believe or not, just as he
or she pleases:
In real estate office the other day !
heard o gentleman relating the expert
ence of an Eastern friend of his who,
many years ago, for bad debt q of
$40. 900, was compelled to accept West
ern land at an estimated value of $15,-
900. He paid constantly increasing
taxes upon the land for a number of
years without going to see it. One day
his agent telegraphed to him, asking
him what he would take for the land,
which had finally come to be far within
the corporate limits of Chicago. The
owner figured that, taxes and interest,
the land had cost him $50, 900, and
in q Joke than anything else-not dream
ing that the offer would be accepted
wrote telegram saying that he would
take $50, 900 cash for the property. He
sent the message by his office boy, when
the clerk insisted that the sum be spell
ed out in the message. The office boy
rewrote it, and by mistake wrote $500,
600 instead of $4,000. In an hour back
came the reply: Golfer of half a million
dollars accepted. Make deed and come
on and get certified check" The man
made his Office boy q handsome present
for his clerical error and gave his old
time debtor $25, 900 with which to re-es-
tablish himself in business.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
Jack Hussey as an Actor.

81 see" said Harrigan, the actor, to a
newspaper reporter, that Capt. Jack
Hussev died of the wound inflicted on
him by a drunken policeman. Poor
Hussey. He was brave fellow, and did
not know what fear was. His only fault
was that he would occasionally drink,
and then he would become the terror of
the police. He had brilliant record as
with medals given him by the Humane
and other societies. He was noted
rough tumble fighter, and even
such sluggers as Isaiah Rynders, Eddy
Farron, Harrington, Jim Joroloman,
and Yankee Sullivan, all of whom lived
i'll his neighborhood, were glad to give
him a wide berth. l have often seen him
in a fuss when six policemen would have
their hands full to manage him. His
scalp is full of ruts made by policemen's
clubs. He has been shot before. In
1863 he led the draft rioters down on the
east side, and was shot in the leg by the
marines. He was the captain of a tar
get company about the time / brought
out the 'Mulligan Guards I referred
to him rs 'Tipperary man, which
pleased him immensely. When Cor
delia's Aspirations was put on first, 1
engaged Hussey to go on the stage and
save child which is supposed to have
fallen overheard at Castle Garden. 1
gave him line on the bills and every
one in the house knew him. When his
cue came and the child went overheard
I gave him a push and said, That's
yon = is it me is it 2 he said and hest
tated Yes, yes, they want YOU re-
piled, and showed him on. He rushed
out, cut 'pigeon-wing,' and exclaimed:
BE Jasus Here ] am, and then sprang
almost through the fiat in his efforts to
save the child. 1t is rather significant
that the Gouverneur Hospital, where he
died, was remodelled from the old
Seventh precinct station, where, twenty
five years ago, he was jagged for partic-
ipation in the draft riots"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28

Young commenced reading dime nov
els, and read them until my mind was
thol oughly poisoned. thought OF all
sorts of wild schemes, and when L was
16 ran away from home and went to
Texas"
A BURGLAR raided grocery store in
Indianapolis, Ind, at three o'clock III
the morning. Policeman kearney came
ND while the burglar was unlocking the
door, but supposing it was one OF the
clerks made no effort to arrest him. The
burglar talked to him and asked him to
come in, and after he had gone finished
his work. Only some small change was
secured. The policeman Is now looking
for job.
CHARLES HEBRON, aged Is years and
living in Alpena county, Michigan, was
cleaning out a well the other day when
it caved in, burying him to depth of
twenty-three feet; but he was rescued
practically uninjured after remaining IN
for fourteen hours. Some planking and
q chain kept open slight communica-
ton with the outer world, supplying
him with rarely enough air to sustain
life.
Mr.. w. C. THOMAS, of North Carolina
township, undertook to get honey from
one OF his beehives, when the bees at
tackled him so fiercely that he shut him
self up in his dwelling. But they fol-
lowed him through broken window
and drove him out of his house, and he
finally sought refuge in his sons dwell
ing near by. The bees then attacked
his dog and stung it to death.
MARGARET DoNNE1soN, better known
as Aunt Peggy, and the Oldest inmate
of the Pittsburgh Home for Aged Col
ored Women, claims to be $50 years old,
and certainly is pretty near that age.
She has lived in Pittsburgh since it was
a frontier fort. She is active and vigor
GUS for her age.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
A Fairy Oak Tree.

To produce one of those dainty little
plants, take an acorn and tie q string
round it so the blunt end, where the cup
vas, is upward. Suspend it in bottle
or hyacinth glass containg n small guam
tity OF water, but be careful that the
acorn docs not reach within an inch of
the water. Wrap the bottle in flannel,
and put it in a warm, dark place. In
month, or less, the acorn will swell,
burst its coat, and throw out tiny white
point. This is one root, and when half
an inch long the water may be allowed
to rise higher, but must not touch it I'M
til the neck of the root begins to turn
upward. AS soon as this stem commences
to shoot, the baby oak will require
small doses Of light every day, and the
root can now extend into the water. In
week or so it will be ready to be re
moved to window, whore you can
watch the development. At first, the
tiny trunk that is to be will resemble
whitish thread, covered with small
scales. Then the scales will expand
and the end become green. Little leaves
will appear, veins will branch, and old
leaves fall off, until you have perfect
miniature of the great kings Of the for
cst.--Neon Yorl; Observer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
NaZOgraDhY.

A new journal is to appear as the organ
Of the science of typography. Accord
ing to LA Science en- Famille,' the au-
thor OF the system states that typography
permits of divining the character, habits
and inclination of people by simple in
spection of their noses. According to
this science, it is desirable that the nose
should be as long as possible, this being a
sign OF merit, power and genius. For
example, Napoleon and Caesar both had
large noses. A straight nose denotes a
Just, serious, fine, judicious and cner-
getlc mind; the Roman nose, a propensity
foradventure; and wide nose with open
nostrls is mark of great sensuaity. A
cleft nose shows bencvolencc-it was
the nose of st, Vincent de Paul. The
curved, f1eshy nose is a mark of DONNA
ton and cruelty. Catharine de Medici
and Elizabeth of England had noses of
this kind. The curved, thin nose. on
the contrary, is the mark of brilliant
mind, but vain, and disposed to be ironi-
cal. 1t is the nose of dreamer poet.
or critic. If the line Of the nose is re-
entrant--that is, if the nose is turned up
it denotes that its owner has a weak
mine, sometimes coarse, and generally
playful, pleasant, or frolicsome. -Arq0.
RGut.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
A Noble Missionary.
The San Francisco Chronicle 50,

The San Francisco Chronicle says
Among the passengers on the San
Plabo was tall, aristOcratic lady, clad
in black flowing robes, bound at the
waist by a broad leather belt. A bronze
cross pendant from her neck and snow
white headdress proclaimed the vocation
of the wearer to be a member of some
religious order. The lady is known as
Sister Olga, her name and title being
the Countess Olga of Pontatine, a mem
Der of noble Russian family.
The Countess some few years ago was
in attendance upon the Empress Of Rus
STA, but q desire to embrace q religious
life induced her to go to Japan and
there enter the Greek Church mission
engaged in proselytizing the japanese.
She has resided in the province of Sen
dai and other places for the past three
years, and is now on her way to st.
Petersburg, via England. Her object
in going home is to regain her health,
which has suffered considerably during
her residence in Japan.
Sister Olga stated that the Greek
Church has a following of about $4,000
converts in the Japanese empire, and
has met with great success. Schools
have been established, and the general
result of the mission work is very en-
cOuraging.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
A PRESSING DEMAND.
Something Must be Done o Provide
Food for the Cattle.

The need for supply of fodder to
carry the stock through the year in de-
fault of a crop of hay is bringing many
inquiries as to the best fodder crop for
cultivation. Beyond all question the
best plant for this purpose is sweet corn,
and the evergreen variety is the best
kind. This may be planted up to the
middle of July and make large yield
of the best fodder. Later Narragansett
sweet corn may be planted, and if in the
ground by the LIST of August will fur
nish four to six tons of the best of dry
fodder per acre. Sleeping the seed in
solution of one ounce of saltpetre in a
quart of water for % hours will hasten
termination and save about three days;
the effect of the fertilizer will be seen
all through the crop, and if it is follow
ed up by an application of 100 pounds
of nitrate of soda finely ground as soon
as the first spears appear above the sur
face ten days may be saved in the growth
of the crop. Frequent cultivation will
also help in this way and stimulate the
growth so as to increase the yield, but
the effect of it is to retard rather than
hasten maturity. The best stage of
growth for sweet corn fodder is when
the ears are fit for table use, then one
ton well cured is worth two or three
tons of hay for feeding. -.
A late crop which will yield a large
quantity of fall and winter feeding, and
will keep fresh and succulent through
the winter, is white globe turnips or the
cows horn variety. For feeding all
kinds of stock except milking cows these
roots are invaluable, and even for cows,
in the absence of suitable feed, they fill
n place that no other plant will. Sown
late III August on well prepared soil,
and by the aid of 800 poundsper acre of
of lime, 800 to 900 bus
hels may be grown upon an acre with
out difficulty, and if the hard frosts keep
off in November 800 to 1000 bushels
may be grown. This crop is a most i'm
portant resource when dry fodder is
scarce, as the roots may be fed with
straw, and will keep cattle and sheep in
good thrifty condition without grain
food. The dry substance of turnips is
nearly as nutritious as grain, and is
wholly digestible, which makes bushel
of the equivalent to about eight pounds
of grain, and furnishes as well about
seven gallons of water. The objection
that they are heavy to handle is GER
tainly Just; but then what is there that
a man has or can or may have that is
wholly free from objection. -Brooklyn
Times
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
A Peculiar Taste.

A gentleman living in Brooklyn own,
horse who eats eggs. Some hens hay.
formed the habit of laying the eggs i,
Charities stall. He is very careful no
to disturb them. As soon as they leay,
the nest, however, he pokes about witt
his nose until he finds the egg, and tbe1
eats it with evident enjoyment. Hi,
owner says:
'He has grown fat and sleek on them
Whenever 1 find q hen on the nest anC
drive it off to get the egg, he eyes mt
very Indignantly, and tries to get j
away from me. He will not bite. bpi
pokcs his nose in my hand, whinnies
and almost asks me to give the egg m
to him. Sometimes, when he has q verI
imploring look i'll his eyes, | give him
the egg, but as a general thing / do not
for want to break him of the habit,
do not know how he contracted tn
taste. 1t IS amusing to watch how ten
DERBY he guards the hens while they ar
LAYING. 1t would not be we'll for :;
stranger to interfere with them at sue,
times. The hen seeing 10 appreciate hi
protection, and appear to feel perfectly
save from intrusion when be Is near by, :
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
The BOnnets Of an Empress.

The Empress Josephine once bought
thirty-eight bonnets in one month. We
do not know at what number her mighty
husband drew the line; but it is a fact
that, having learned she had INDUCED
herself with the acquisition of this large
number, he-when he one day went in
to the saloon leading to her apartment
and found in it Mile. Despeaux, the mil
liner, with a huge pile of suspicious
looking bandboxes was so indignantat
the idea of his wife making fresh pur-
chases that he flew into such passion
that every one ran away, leaving him to
decide whether he would vent his rage
on poor Josephine, who was a prisoner
with her feet IN foot-bath, or on the
miliiner herself He did little of both.
He was so angry with Josephine that she
was speeches. with terror; and he sent
for Savary, his Minister of Police, and
ordered him to arrest Mile. Despeaux.
She was sent to La Force immediately;
and though her fear of Napoleon and
horror of a night in prison made her i'll,
her fortune was probably made by this
startling outbreak of imperial temper.
Next day nearly every one in Paris
tiOcked to see her, hear her story, and
condole with her. She never could
have lack . custom after this.-Ladgs
World
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
Base Ball Prerequisites. d"
From The Boston Post. I

They were two ragged little urchins
with that crafty expression Of the pre-
raturely developed children of the poor
est class, who have to know the world
before they know their letters; one was
more precOcious than the other, if posi-
bic, and rather led the conversation as
they sat upon the edgestone carefully
comparing some eight stubs they had
picked up. 81 say, Mickey" said he,
''come up to the game this afternoon af-
ter We sell the papers. Skip the late
'deshin.''
''No yer don't, no twenty-five cents
out of me fur baseball, - replied the 9th
er, putting temptation behind him
peremptorily.
"Ah ! come Mickey, watts the good
er money if yer don't git some fun fur
it 2" went on the persuasive companion
with wiser philosophy than some of us
have gained in four times his years.
''Nary cent" firmly responded the
determined Mickey.
Come ON, then, " said the discouraged
companion, ''ef yer es stingy as that, I'll
have to go in on ''perquisites; and off
he stated at good pace in the direction
of the South End.
Admnlng the determined strength OF
character displayed by Mickey, and my
car not being in sight, addressed him
in a friendly tone, and asked him how
boy got into baseball match on per-
quisites?
$50 up there" replied the social
Mickey, ''outside the fence, by the rail
road track, and yell see ladder and
cop-them's what they call 'perquisites';
then they'll be a lot o chaps outside
there waiting for the ball to come over.
When it comes you'd oughter see the
chaps Jump on to it. The cop watches
'em and takes the chap wot gets it and
lets him up the ladder, over the fence,
and he sees the game fur nuthin, by
'perquisites, rs they call en-"
Here was piece of information which
every gamin knew, while many of their
elders were in total ignorance of how
important it is to get on the right side
of Prerequisites"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
She Wasn't the Sufferer.

ADO You suffer much from cold feeR"
inquired the shoe merchant with kindly
interest us he complied with the lady's
request and showed her the thickest
solcd shoes he had in the store
''Shc suffer-" broke in her husband
impctuously. "Great Scott" She suf-
fer! Not much; I'm tho victim. I'm
the one that has to suf--"
George" said the lady. That was
all she said, but George seemed to I'M
dcrstand, and there was a silence that
was not broken until the merchant OBJ
served IN a deferential and funeral way
that il looked as if there was going to
to be some kind Of o storm if the wind
didn't change,